Afghanistan

CNN/ORC POLL
Who do you think is currently winning the war in Afghanistan: the U.S. and its allies, the insurgents in Afghanistan, or neither side?
18% U.S. and allies
14% Insurgents
67% Neither side

Financial institutions

CNN/ORC POLL
In general, do you think there is too much, too little, or about the right amount of government regulation of the stock market and financial institutions?
29% Too much
45% Too little
23% About right

Afghanistan

NBC/WSJ POLL
Do you generally approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing in handling the war in Afghanistan?
46% Approve
42% Disapprove

Climate change

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
Do you think the federal government should or should not regulate the release of greenhouse gases from sources like power plants, cars and factories in an effort to reduce global warming?
65% Should
29% Should not

Health care

NBC/WSJ POLL
Do you think it would be better to pass Barack Obama's health care plan and make its changes to the health care system or to not pass this plan and keep the current health care system?
41% Pass Obama's plan
44% Keep current system

Climate change

USAT/GALLUP POLL
As you may know, representatives from around the world are gathering for a United Nations conference on global climate change in Copenhagen. Do you favor or oppose the U.S. signing a binding global treaty at the Copenhagen meeting that would require the U.S. to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
55% Favor
38% Oppose

Health care

ABC/WPOST POLL
Which comes closer to the way you feel? Government reform of the nation's health care system is necessary to control costs and expand coverage. OR, Government action on health care will do more harm than good.
51% Necessary
46% Do more harm than good

Global warming

CBS/NYT POLL
Which comes closer to your view? Global warming is a very serious problem and should be one of the highest priorities for government leaders. Global warming is serious but does not need to be a high priority. Global warming is not serious and can be addressed years from now?
37% One of highest priorities
33% Serious, not high priority
23% Not serious, address later
4% Not serious, never address (vol.)

Banks

BLOOMBERG POLL
To avoid any more taxpayer bailouts, which of the following do you think is the better course: break up large banks, impose stricter regulation of large banks, or allow large banks to fail?
10% Break up
52% Stricter regulation
31% Allow to fail

News media

GALLUP POLL
In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media -- such as newspapers, TV and radio -- when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately and fairly: a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or none at all?
10% A great deal
35% A fair amount
37% Not very much
18% None at all

Economy

BLOOMBERG POLL
Which do you think would do the most good to help the economy: more government spending even if it means a bigger budget deficit, or cutting spending even at the risk of a longer-lasting recession?
28% More spending
62% Cutting spending

Afghanistan

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you favor or oppose the U.S. war in Afghanistan?
39% Favor
58% Oppose

Health care

AP-GfK POLL
In general, do you support, oppose or neither support nor oppose the health care reform plans being discussed in Congress?
34% Support
49% Oppose
15% Neither
2% Unsure

Unions

GALLUP POLL
Would you, personally, like to see labor unions in the United States have more influence than they have today, the same amount as today, or less influence than they have today?
25% More
28% Same
42% Less
5% Unsure

Afghanistan

IPSOS/McCLATCHY POLL
Do you favor, or oppose, sending additional combat troops to Afghanistan?
35% Favor
56% Oppose

Swine flu

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
How concerned are you that you or someone in your immediate family might catch the H1N1 virus known as swine flu? Is that something that worries you a great deal, somewhat, not too much or not at all?
13% A great deal
26% Somewhat
30% Not too much
31% Not at all

Hillary Clinton

FOX NEWS/OD POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Hillary Clinton is doing as secretary of state?
66% Approve
24% Disapprove

Congress

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you think the country would be better off if the Republicans controlled Congress, or if the Democrats controlled Congress?
44% Democrats
34% Republicans

President Obama

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you consider the first six months of the Obama administration to be a success or a failure?
51% Success
37% Failure
11% Too soon to tell (vol.)

Health care

CNN/ORC POLL
From everything you have heard or read so far, do you favor or oppose Barack Obama's plan to reform health care?
50% Favor
45% Oppose

President Obama

NBC/WSJ POLL
When it comes to the policies and the programs of Barack Obama, would you say that they are taking the country in the right direction, taking the country in the wrong direction, or do you feel they are mixed?
35% Right direction
30% Wrong direction
34% Mixed

Policing

CBS/NEW YORK TIMES POLL
Thinking about the country as a whole, do you think most police generally treat blacks and Hispanics better than whites, do they treat blacks and Hispanics worse than whites, or do they generally treat all groups the same?
3% Better
38% Worse
46% Same
5% Depends (vol.)
8% Unsure

White House 2012

FOX/OD POLL
I'm going to read a list of potential candidates for the 2012 Republican nomination. Please tell me which one you would like to see as the Republican presidential nominee.... [AMONG REPUBLICAN VOTERS]
22% Romney
21% Huckabee
17% Palin
13% Giuliani
9% Gingrich
3% Jindal
1% Jeb Bush
1% Pawlenty
0% Sanford
13% Other/Unsure

Health care

GALLUP POLL
When it comes to health care reform legislation now being considered in Congress, what would you advise your representative in Congress to do: pass a new health care reform law by the end of this year, pass a new health care reform law but not necessarily by the end of this year, or not pass a new health care reform law at all?
41% This year
30% Not necessarily this year
24% Not at all

President Obama

USA TODAY/GALLUP POLL
Do you think President Obama's proposals to address the major problems facing the country call for too much expansion of government power, the right amount, or not enough expansion of government power?
52% Too much
35% Right amount
10% Not enough

Afghanistan

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
Do you think the United States is or is not making significant progress toward achieving success in Afghanistan?
46% Is
42% Is not
12% Unsure

Mars

CBS NEWS POLL
Would you favor or oppose the United States sending astronauts to explore Mars?
51% Favor
43% Oppose

NASA

GALLUP POLL
It is now forty years since the United States first landed men on the moon. Do you think the space program has brought enough benefits to this country to justify its costs, or don't you think so?
58% Enough benefits
38% Don't think so

Sarah Palin

CBS NEWS POLL
Do you think Sarah Palin would have the ability to be an effective president?
22% Yes
65% No

Supreme Court

CBS NEWS POLL
How important do you think it is for there to be a Hispanic on the Supreme Court? Would you say it is very important, somewhat important, not very important or not important at all?
21% Very important
32% Somewhat important
20% Not very important
25% Not important at all

Iran

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you think the results of the recent election that were released by the Iranian government were an accurate reflection of how Iranians voted, or do you think those results were a fraud that were an attempt by the government to steal the election?
10% Accurate
82% Fraud

Global warming

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
Do you think the federal government should or should not regulate the release of greenhouse gases from sources like power plants, cars and factories in an effort to reduce global warming?
75% Should
22% Should not

Health care

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
Which comes closer to the way you feel? Government reform of the nation's health care system is necessary to control costs and expand coverage. OR, Government action on health care will do more harm than good.
58% Necessary
39% More harm than good

Marriage

CBS/N.Y. TIMES POLL
Which comes closest to your view? Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry. OR, Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not legally marry. OR, There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship.
33% Legally marry
30% Form civil unions
32% No legal recognition

Supreme Court

IPSOS/McCLATCHY POLL
Do you think the Senate should or should not vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court justice?
54% Should
21% Should not
26% Unsure

Economy

MARIST POLL
Do you think the current economic conditions are mostly something President Obama inherited or are they mostly a result of his own policies?
74% Inherited
18% His own policies

Mideast

USA TODAY/GALLUP POLL
Do you think there will or will not come a time when Israel and the Arab nations will be able to settle their differences and live in peace?
32% Will
66% Will not

Supreme Court

AP-GfK POLL
Do you think the U.S. Senate should confirm or should not confirm Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court justice?
50% Should
22% Should not
28% Unsure

Health care

CNN/ORC POLL
Would you prefer a health care reform plan that raises taxes in order to provide health insurance to all Americans, or a plan that does not provide health insurance to all Americans but keeps taxes at current levels?
47% Raises taxes, insures all
47% Current tax levels, doesn't insure all
4% Neither
2% Unsure

Supreme Court

GALLUP POLL
As you may know, President Obama has nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Generally speaking, how would you rate Obama's choice of Sonia Sotomayor as a nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court -- as excellent, good, only fair, or poor?
19% Excellent
28% Good
20% Only fair
13% Poor
20% Unsure

Roe v. Wade

CNN/ORC POLL
The 1973 Roe versus Wade decision established a woman's constitutional right to an abortion, at least in the first three months of pregnancy. Would you like to see the Supreme Court completely overturn its Roe versus Wade decision, or not?
30% Yes, overturn
68% No, not overturn

Supreme Court

CBS NEWS POLL
Do you have confidence that Barack Obama will nominate good justices to the Supreme Court, or are you uneasy about who he will choose?
55% Have confidence
35% Uneasy

Economy

IPSOS/McCLATCHY POLL
Has the U.S. economy turned the corner on the current crisis, is the worst yet to come, or have things stabilized but not yet begun to improve?
10% Turned the corner
38% Worst yet to come
48% Stabilized

Waterboarding

CNN/ORC POLL
As you may know, the Bush administration authorized the use of harsh interrogation procedures, including the procedure known as waterboarding, when the U.S. captured suspected terrorists. Based on what you have read or heard, do you approve or disapprove of the Bush administration's decision to use those procedures while questioning suspected terrorists?
50% Approve
46% Disapprove

Marijuana

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
In general, do you favor or oppose legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use?
46% Favor
52% Oppose

Global warming

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
Do you think the federal government should or should not regulate the release of greenhouse gases from sources like power plants, cars and factories in an effort to reduce global warming?
75% Should
21% Should not

Direction of the country

CBS/NEW YORK TIMES POLL
Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?
41% Right direction
50% Wrong track

President Obama

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
Obama has been president for about three months or nearly 100 days. Would you say he has accomplished a great deal during that time, a good amount, not very much, or little or nothing?
24% A great deal
39% A good amount
21% Not very much
15% Little or nothing

President Obama: Job rating

AP-GfK POLL
Overall, please tell me whether you approve, disapprove, or neither approve nor disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president.
64% Approve
30% Disapprove
2% Neither
3% Unsure

Environment

GALLUP POLL
How would you rate the overall quality of the environment in this country today -- as excellent, good, only fair, or poor?
5% Excellent
34% Good
45% Only fair
16% Poor

Congress

COOK/RT STRATEGIES POLL
Regardless of how you might plan to vote in your own district, which party would you like to see in control of Congress after the congressional elections in 2010: the Democrats or the Republicans? (IF UNSURE:) Well, which way do you lean -- more toward the Democrats or the Republicans?
49% Democrats
38% Republicans

Mexico

CNN/ORC POLL
I'd like your overall opinion of some foreign countries. Is your overall opinion of each of the following very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? Mexico.
9% Very favorable
43% Mostly favorable
26% Mostly unfavorable
20% Very unfavorable

Income tax

GALLUP POLL
Do you regard the income tax which you will have to pay this year as fair?
61% Yes, fair
35% No, not fair

Cuba

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you favor or oppose re-establishing U.S. diplomatic relations with Cuba?
71% Favor
27% Oppose

Taxes

CBS/N.Y. TIMES POLL
Do you think the tax code should be changed so that middle and lower income people pay less in taxes than they do now and upper income people pay more in taxes than they do now, or don't you think the tax code should be changed?
65% Should be changed
29% Should not be changed

Relations with Muslim nations

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
How important do you think it is for Obama to try to improve U.S. relations with Muslim nations . . . ?
46% Very important
36% Somewhat important
9% Not so important
10% Not important at all

Gay marriage

CBS NEWS POLL
Which comes closest to your view? Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry. OR, Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not legally marry. OR, There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple's relationship.
33% Legally marry
27% Form civil unions
35% No legal recognition

President Obama and world leaders

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you think leaders of other countries around the world have respect for Barack Obama, or do you think they don't have much respect for him?
72% Respect
24% Not much respect

Economy

ABC/WASHINGTON POST POLL
Who do you trust to do a better job handling the economy: Obama or the Republicans in Congress?
58% Obama
25% Republicans in Congress
1% Both (vol.)
14% Neither (vol.)
2% Unsure

Secretary of State Clinton

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Hillary Clinton is handling her job as Secretary of State?
71% Approve
23% Disapprove

President Obama and the economy

CBS NEWS POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?
61% Approve
29% Disapprove

AIG

GALLUP POLL
Turning to reports that insurance company AIG -- one of the companies that received bailout money from the federal government -- is paying bonuses to its executives, how do you, personally, feel about these bonuses: outraged, bothered, or not particularly bothered?
59% Outraged
26% Bothered
11% Not bothered

President Obama and the economy

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the economy?
59% Approve
40% Disapprove

Congress: Job rating

GALLUP POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?
39% Approve
54% Disapprove

Government

NEWSWEEK POLL
In general, government grows bigger as it provides more services. If you had to choose, would you rather have a smaller government providing less services, or a bigger government providing more services?
44% Smaller
44% Bigger

President Obama: Job rating

NBC/WALL ST JOURNAL POLL
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job that Barack Obama is doing as president?
60% Approve
26% Disapprove

Direction of the country

NBC/WALL ST JOURNAL POLL
All in all, do you think things in the nation are generally headed in the right direction, or do you feel that things are off on the wrong track?
41% Right direction
44% Wrong track

White House 2012

CNN/ORC POLL
Next, I'm going to read a list of people who may be running in the Republican primary for president in 2012. After I read all the names, please tell me which of those candidates you would be most likely to support for the Republican nomination for president in the year 2012, or if you would support someone else. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.
29% Palin
26% Huckabee
21% Romney
9% Jindal
10% Someone else
4% None/No one
2% Unsure

Economic stimulus

AP-GfK POLL
Do you favor or oppose the new economic stimulus package of nearly $800 billion in government spending and tax cuts?
52% Favor
41% Oppose

Congress: Job rating

GALLUP POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?
31% Approve
61% Disapprove

U.S.-Iran relations

GALLUP POLL
Turning for a moment to U.S. relations with Iran: Do you think the United States should or should not engage in direct diplomacy with Iran?
56% Should
38% Should not

Evolution

GALLUP POLL
Do you, personally, believe in the theory of evolution, do you not believe in evolution, or don't you have an opinion either way?
39% Believe in evolution
25% Do not believe
36% No opinion

President Obama -- Job rating

CNN/ORC POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?
76% Approve
23% Disapprove

Economic stimulus

CNN/ORC POLL
As you may know, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a bill that would attempt to stimulate the economy by increasing federal government spending and cutting taxes at a total cost to the government of about eight hundred billion dollars. Based on what you have read or heard about this, do you favor or oppose the bill that the Senate is expected to vote on?
54% Favor
45% Oppose

Direction of the country

CBS NEWS POLL
Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track?
23% Right direction
68% Wrong track

President Obama -- Job rating

USA TODAY/GALLUP POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?
64% Approve
25% Disapprove

Health care

CBS/N.Y. TIMES POLL
Should the government in Washington provide national health insurance, or is this something that should be left only to private enterprise?
59% Government in Washington
32% Private enterprise

President Obama: Job rating

FOX NEWS/OD POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president?
65% Approve
16% Disapprove

Economic stimulus

GALLUP POLL
As you may know, Congress is considering a new economic stimulus package of at least 800 billion dollars. Do you favor or oppose Congress passing this legislation?
52% Favor
37% Oppose

Mideast

CNN/ORC POLL
In the Middle East situation, are your sympathies more with the Israelis or more with the Palestinians?
60% Israelis
17% Palestinians

Bush presidency

CNN/ORC POLL
Looking back on George W. Bush's eight years in office, in general, would you say his presidency was a success or a failure?
31% A success
68% A failure

President-elect Obama

CBS/N.Y. TIMES POLL
Are you generally optimistic or pessimistic about the next four years with Barack Obama as president?
79% Optimistic
16% Pessimistic

Bush presidency

CBS/N.Y. TIMES POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush has handled his job as president over the last eight years?
22% Approve
73% Disapprove

Economic stimulus

NBC/WALL ST JOURNAL POLL
Thinking about the economic stimulus legislation, which is a more important priority? Tax cuts that will allow people to spend more. Government spending that will help create jobs.
33% Tax cuts
63% Spending

President-elect Obama

NBC/WALL ST JOURNAL POLL
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling the transition and his preparations for becoming president?
71% Approve
14% Disapprove

President Bush -- Job rating

NBC/WALL ST JOURNAL POLL
In general, do you approve or disapprove of the job that George W. Bush is doing as president?
27% Approve
67% Disapprove

Gaza

IPSOS/McCLATCHY POLL
Regardless of your personal feelings, who do you believe is more to blame for the current conflict: Hamas or Israel?
44% Hamas
14% Israel
9% Both (vol.)
4% Neither (vol.)
29% Unsure

President-elect Obama

ABC NEWS POLL
Do you think Barack Obama's election as president represents progress for all blacks in America more generally, or do you think it is only a single case that does not reflect broader progress for blacks overall?
65% All blacks
22% Single case

Economic stimulus

GALLUP POLL
Do you favor or oppose Congress passing a new $775 billion economic stimulus program as soon as possible after Barack Obama takes office?
53% Favor
36% Oppose

Illinois Senate seat

USA TODAY/GALLUP POLL
Which of the following would you like to see the state of Illinois do to fill the open Senate seat? Allow Roland Burris to serve until 2010 when the next election is scheduled. Keep the seat open until the situation with Blagojevich is resolved and allow him or a new governor to appoint a senator to serve until the 2010 election. OR, Hold a special election as soon as possible to fill the seat.
16% Allow Burris to serve until 2010
23% Keep seat open until Blagojevich situation resolved
52% Hold a special election